Sam Decker
 

Shows


3/14 - w/ Chelsea Crabtree at The Own Music Parlor

3/30 - w/ Andy Nicholl at Threes Brewing

4/20 - Quartet at the Owl Music Parlor w/ Chris Tordini, Tom Rainey, and Gregg Belisle-Chi

4/29 - w/ HUM at Barbes

5/21 - w/ Chelsea Crabtree at Threes Brewing

6/3 - Quartet at Lowlands w/ Chris Tordini, Tom Rainey, and Gregg Belisle-Chi

current Projects


 

Good intentions

Instrumental Emo-Rock band. I write some of the music, and then we arraneg it all together. Debut Record “Devotion Comes Easy to me” available on all the usual platforms!Shrove

 
 

Solo Saxophone

Solo improvised music for the Saxophone, with various amounts of production and studio composition. First record released on Eyes & Ears, recorded in one marathon day at Figure 8 Studio in Brooklyn.

 

Sfyria Trio

Free improvising trio with Charlie Kirchen (bass) and Matt Caroll (drums). Most recent release is with Astral Spirits, documenting a live improvised concert at the Rockefeller Cathedral in Chicago. Check out the new album here.

 
 

Shrove

Quintet music written by me, first record released in 2020. My first (and so far only) real attempt at a “jazz” band. Nestling into a spot between untethered improvisation and simple structures and materials from the early 20th century classical world.

 
 

past PROJECTS

 

Secret Sibling

5 piece experimental-pop band with some of my best friends in the world, and also some of my favorite music in the world. Michael Sachs writes everything, we all play it lovingly.

Green and Glass

Indie band with Harp! First record released in 2020 after a good long time in production, very proud of the broad and colorful album that we made.

 

About


 

I am a Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser and teacher. I graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in 2010 after growing up just north of Chicago, and have been, mostly, living in Brooklyn ever since. I play in a large variety of bands and projects, some that I lead, and many of which are collaborative. I teach in Brooklyn through my private studio ,check out my teaching website for more information about lessons.

 
Comparing coats with Paul Simon

Comparing coats with Paul Simon

 

Discography


Devotion Comes Easy to Me, Good Intentions. 2022

HUM, Gregg Belisle Chi. AGS Records, 2024

Shrove, Sam Decker. Sunnyside, 2020

Time Becomes Forever, Secret Sibling. 2020

Reactivist, Sam Decker. ears&eyes, 2020

Green and Glass, Green and Glass. 11a Records, 2020

Yarrow, Kim Anderson. Biophilia Records, 2018

Rockefeller Concert. Sfyria Trio. Astral Spirits, 2019

Book of Arthur I, Logan Strohsal Team. Sunnyside, 2017

King Sleep. Manski/Decker/Rousseau. 2018

Dire Deer/Night Runner EP. Green and Glass. 2015

Opening. Sfyria Trio. 2017

 

Up Go We, Logan Strohsal Team. Sunnyside, 2015.

 

News


 
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